An Authentic Life 1.1 for pdf - Universalist Radha-Krishnaism

like the good fairy or aliens from another planet had
come. We were the strangest people they had ever
seen. They went and got their mothers to come and
bring us food. This touched our hearts, showed us
that Krishna was watching out for us, and everything
would be all right.
We walked completely out of town and spent
the night under a tree near the highway. We were
four American men in our early twenties with shaved
heads, saffron robes, staffs, bedrolls, shoulder bags,
and no money or organizational affiliation. We were
completely dependent on Radha-Krishna's mercy and
our wits.
The next morning after walking for a while, we
started hitchhiking to Ann Arbor, Michigan, which
had a reputation as a liberal college town. We went to
the University of Michigan, chanted, and led programs.
A student we met on campus let us stay at his
house for a couple of days.
Then we hitched to Bowling Green, Ohio and
spent the night at the home of a professor we met in
the park. He bought food that we prepared an Indian
style feast with. The professor invited his friends to an
evening of feasting and chanting.
From there, we went to Toledo and then to
Dayton thinking, "Here's straight middle class, Midwest
America if ever there was one. What's going to
happen here?" To our surprise, we were well received
as we chanted on the lawn near the student union of
the University of Dayton. Students gathered around
and listened. Some joined in. We talked with the stu-
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